Lehi council simplifies residential use table, permitting all schools in residential zones
February 11, 2025, 5:00 p.m. · Council Chamber, 153 N. 100 East, Lehi
With Council Member Chris Condie excused, the council voted 4-0 to approve a rewrite of the residential table of uses after adding an amendment, requested by Council Member Michelle Stallings, to permit all schools in residential areas. It also approved a Strong Solutions agreement to build Northridge Park and the Hidden Canyon Trailhead, an amended Comer library fund resolution and revised Planning Commission bylaws. The Cardenas zone change was delayed again because the applicant was absent.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 2.1 · Presentation
Environmental Sustainability Committee annual report
Discussed
Todd Munger reviewed 2024 projects including a radon meter checkout at the library, the Traverse Mountain conservation easement, Rain Harvest Utah and Jordan River signage. For 2025 the committee plans to continue plastic recycling challenges, seek a drop-off spot for hard-to-recycle plastic and glass, and expand the Water Wise Landscape program to businesses.
Item 2.2 · Presentation
Lehi Cares Coalition report
Discussed
The coalition is surveying people who work with youth about risk factors identified through the SHARP survey, which supports grant applications. After a brief discussion of parental concerns, the coalition said the opt-in survey is acceptable until a new method is introduced.
Item 3 · Contract
Consent agenda: Smith's traffic signal reimbursement, surplus, purchase orders and special service district appointment
Approved · 4-0
The council approved a traffic signal reimbursement agreement with Smith's, fleet surplus items, purchase orders and Resolution 2025-08 appointing a Timpanogos Special Service District board member.
- PaymentAmount not given to Smith's
Item 4 · Parks
Resolution 2025-10: Strong Solutions agreement for Northridge Park and Hidden Canyon Trailhead
Approved · 4-0
Parks Superintendent Steve Marchbanks said Strong Solutions won the bid and has worked with the department before. Completion for both is expected in September.
- ContractAmount not given to Strong Solutions
Item 5 · Other
Resolution 2025-11: amending the Frances Martens Comer Perpetual Library Fund
Approved · 4-0
A library representative said that after talking with the library board, the donor family wanted the fund to stay perpetual with its interest used by the library each year. The library asked to revoke the earlier resolution to make the changes.
Item 6 · Zoning
Ordinance 03-2025: Cardenas zone change, 610 East State Street
Continued
Delayed to a later meeting because the applicant was not present.
Item 7 · City code
Ordinance 06-2025: residential table of uses (Table 05.030.A)
Approved with conditions · 4-0
Community Development Director Kim Struthers said planning staff simplified the residential use table, removing items already covered under accessory uses and moving animal rules to Chapter 12. Council Member Michelle Stallings asked whether private schools should stay conditional uses and supported minimizing conditional uses; Council Member Heather Newall worried that eliminating them entirely would leave the Planning Commission with no alternatives. Stallings asked about golf courses, and City Attorney Ryan Wood said liability for damage generally falls on individual golfers. The council approved the ordinance with an amendment that all schools be permitted in residential areas.
Item 8 · City code
Resolution 2025-09: amended Planning Commission bylaws
Approved · 4-0
Struthers said the changes add a code citation for the commission's duties and make the commission's final action, rather than approval of minutes, the point from which appeals run, now possible because recordings are available to the public.